‘The Chinese just come and do it’: China in Africa and the prospects for development planning

Mohan, Giles

doi:10.3828/idpr.2013.14

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“…As Mohan and Power (2009) maintain, China's aid is "premised on non-interference and mutual respect rather than conditionality" (p. 27) and they argue that the practice of conditionality "undermines sovereign guaranteed human rights" (Mohan & Power, 2009, p. 27). The Chinese authorities have argued that China is a developing country helping other developing countries in their pursuit of a win-win development approach (Mohan, 2013) that is independent of the oversight of Western-oriented bodies such as the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), even though its strategy has been nonloquacious, characterized by the occasional release of information (White Papers) about their aid.…”

Section: Development Aid Discoursementioning

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Translation, politics, and development

Tekwa

Li²

2022

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China’s rise to global prominence has been coupled with a development aid approach and narrative that contradicts long-standing Western-oriented models and discourses. Despite the existence of tangible development projects that bear testimony to Chinese aid to developing countries and which clearly espouse the principles upon which the aid is founded, critics continue to allege that the aid is a façade that enables China to advance its political ideology and vision. Using a corpus-based approach, we investigated the extent to which China’s political discourse finds its way into the development aid discourse either by senior party officials or through a government-managed collaborative translation mechanism. To do so, we designed a monolingual corpus of the speeches of top-ranking CPC party officials presented at party-organized events and bilingual (Chinese–English) corpora of the discourse used by Chinese government officials during development aid exchanges. We extracted political terms, based mostly on their frequency of use, from the monolingual corpus and verified the extent of their presence in the bilingual corpora of the development aid discourse. Furthermore, we studied the terms and their contexts of use in the bilingual corpora to determine whether translation served as a medium through which China’s political discourse was possibly being introduced into its development aid discourse. Our investigation led us to conclude that China’s development aid discourse contains an insignificant amount of political terminology mirroring China’s own development path. We also concluded that translation did not constitute, in any tangible way, a means by which the presence of China’s political discourse in its development aid discourse could be enhanced. However, we uncovered issues related to terminology management, literal translation, and machine translation which suggest that China was struggling to cope with preserving source text and, presumably, target text linguistic and cultural elements, while taking advantage of current advances in translation technology. We propose both structural and translational modifications that could help China curb anti-development aid criticism while enhancing its development aid discourse.

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Section: Development Aid Discoursementioning

confidence: 99%

Translation, politics, and development

Tekwa

Li²

2022

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“…Specifically, they perceive imports from China to have a negative effect . Mohan (2013) basically, find that Chinese investments are is perceived as threat to African economies (table 3) .…”

Section: Crowding-in and Crowding-out Of Chinese Fdi In Africamentioning

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“…The Chinese are seen by Nigerians to have promoted local welfare and progress and boosted the local business market (Mohan, 2013) . Brautigam and Tang (2009) provide a nuanced view of the impact of Chinese FDI on African economies .…”

Section: Crowding-in and Crowding-out Of Chinese Fdi In Africamentioning

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Chinese Investments in Africa: What Have We Learnt?

Abodohoui

da-Silva

2019

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With this systematic review, we intend to achieve three aims: (1) to take an inventory of what have been done so far in the field of Chinese investments in Africa; (2) to critically analyze the actors, motivations, mode of entry, impacts and management challenges, in the light of international business theories; and (3) to identify research gaps for what needs to be done in the future. Based on different international business theories, this review offers new insights to explore Chinese investments in African countries and contribute to the overall body of knowledge about Sino-Africa relationship.

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“…Furthermore, Chinese foreign direct investment to Africa is substantially increasing, 9 with more than 10,000 Chinese firms now operating in Africa, a third of which are in manufacturing sectors (Jayaram et al, 2017). As China's search continues for natural resources to meet its own national demand for unabating industrial growth, even greater cooperation between these two continents is anticipated (Mohan, 2013). 10 Although Africa has gained much from China's investment and engagement, Brautigam and Hwang (2016) raised concerns that, from 2000 to 2014, the Chinese government, banks and contractors issued US$86.3 billion worth of loans to African governments and state-owned enterprises.…”

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Viewpoint: Cooperating in Africa’s sustainable structural transformation: policymaking capacity and the role of emerging economies

Baek

2019

International Development Planning Review

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Most African countries today are pursuing one or both of the following policy agendas as they strive towards a sustainable transition: 1) a global normative agenda moving away from traditional patterns of economic growth and toward a greater emphasis on sustainable development (2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development), and 2) a regional contextdependent development policy agenda that entails the achievement of a more radical structural transformation (Agenda 2063). Having identified these two overlapping policy agendas, both of which are aimed at moving away from an exclusive focus on economic growth, this article explores these development viewpoints with particular focus on capacity building in policymaking (the non-financial aspect), and the need for these to be further supported by more aggressive global partnership efforts (the financial aspect). By doing so, we are able to examine some transformation experiences in Africa as well as policy options that envisage greater inclusiveness, equality and sustainability.

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‘The Chinese just come and do it’: China in Africa and the prospects for development planning

Cited by 12 publications

References 13 publications

Translation, politics, and development

Translation, politics, and development

Chinese Investments in Africa: What Have We Learnt?

Viewpoint: Cooperating in Africa’s sustainable structural transformation: policymaking capacity and the role of emerging economies

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